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Re: Nigerian Scam emails From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Tue Jul 15 14:38:10 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: GBS culturing" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: watery discharge" In reply to: Lea Harth, Managing Editor - OBGYN.net: "Nigerian Scam emails" Lea - thanks for your post - yahoo has other probs policing itself, particularly with e-groups. it seems there has been a proliferation of jihad and terrorist-related egroups. Here's a review written by Rita Katz - the 'Terrorist Hunter' featured on Sixty Minutes. in fact, the proceeds from this nigerian bank scam and all its permutations may well go directly to those folks who brought us Sept. 11. http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-katz-devon071403.asp art At Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Lea Harth, Managing Editor - OBGYN.net wrote: > >FYI - for US and Canadian citizens: > >You can forward the emails you get to 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov >Just change the subject line to NO LOSS and if you can, incuded the full >headers. I also send a report to Yahoo for the one's that originate at >the various Yahoo accounts and they do shut down the accounts and file >their own report to the Task Force. > >I also file a report with Spamcop so the ISPs can shut down the email >accounts. >http://www.spamcop.net/ > >If you receive letters in the mail you can forward them to: >United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 419 Task Force, >950 H Street, Washington, DC, 20001-4518, USA. But be sure to mark your >documents "No Financial Loss - For Your Database. > >For those in South Africa: >Please contact Captain SC Schambriel of Commercial Crime, Head Office, >at telephone number (012) 393 1203 or fax the information to him at >(012) 393 1202. > >For those in the UK: >http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert > >More information is available here if you're curious: >http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ > >You'd be surprised at how many people think they can outsmart these guys >and play along with the emails only to find they are giving away enough >information to be relieved of a substantial amount of their own money. >These are not just small time crooks or people falling for "get rich >quick" schemes or "work at home" scams. These are professional >criminals and quite computer literate. They know how to decipher the >information your emails tell them about you and they know how to use >that information against you. > >-- >Lea Harth, Managing Editor >OBGYN.net > -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: GBS culturing" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: watery discharge" In reply to: Lea Harth, Managing Editor - OBGYN.net: "Nigerian Scam emails"

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